February 18, 2020
by Katherina Audley
At the World Marine Mammal Conference, the Organizing Committee released the Barcelona Declaration – Together for Science and Conservation. The declaration highlights what international collaborations among scientists, public and private sectors can achieve by working together, for the benefit of marine mammal science and conservation worldwide. Please, dedicate two minutes to read and sign the […]
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February 11, 2020
by Lindsay Porter
LOUIS M. HERMAN RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP Application Deadline Soon: 17 February, 2020 Background Louis M. Herman, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, was a pioneer and trailblazer in research on dolphin sensory perception and cognition, and humpback whale behavioral ecology. This work was carried out through the world renowned Kewalo Basin Marine […]
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January 29, 2020
by Katherina Audley
Please find below the three plenary sessions presented at the World Marine Mammal Conference in Barcelona between December 8-12, 2019, co-hosted by Society for Marine Mammalogy and the European Cetacean Society. WMMC 2019 Plenary Session: “Marine Mammals and Climate Change” WMMC 2019 Plenary Session: “Conservation Interventions” WMMC 2019 Plenary Session: “Overcoming Challenges to […]
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by D. Ann Pabst
At each Biennial Conference, we honor those colleagues whom we have lost over the last two years. It is one of the most important things we do as a Society and a community. We wish to thank the family members, friends and colleagues who contributed their photos and memories of the individuals included in this […]
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January 4, 2020
by Katherina Audley
Message sent out on 2 January 2020 by the International Whaling Commission: Dr Sidney Holt, 1926-2019 We are saddened to learn that Dr Sidney Holt passed away in his adoptive home of Umbria, Italy on 22nd December 2019. Dr Holt was born in 1926 in the UK, and educated at the University of Reading, […]
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